Bordeaux (France) > Reviews > I love the town I live in

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Advantages:	a very nice town
Disadvantages:	at the moment it is difficult to drive in as they build tramway

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yes

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Today I am speaking about the city I live in : Bordeaux, in France.
Bordeaux is the sixth important french town, sitted in Gironde (South west of France). 30 miles from the seaside resorts of the atlantic ocean, around 20 miles from the most important wine places, and 300 miles from Paris. Its roman name was Burdigala.
Bordeaux is a city which look like Paris (architecture). There are many things to see here : the big theater, the Quinconces Place, whom the horses had been kept during the war, not to be taken by the german, in order to make arms. There is a big cathedral, and the "Garonne" where you can see all year long "the Colbert" an ex boat from the french Army. It is now a Museum.
There are a lot of english people living in Bordeaux, especially because of the fact they are working with exporting wine to UK. Then you can find many english pubs in this city. My favourite one is "the dick turpins". It is hold by two english men : John and Paul who are coming from London, and who love make french know how the real pub environment is.
There are also many interesting museum in Bordeaux (less than in Paris, of course).
People are known in France not to be really nice, but it is not everybody. For example I am french, from Bordeaux, and I love knowing and speaking with foreign people, making them disvcover my town and my country, helping them when they meet difficulties, making them tasting the famous french food.
For shopping Bordeaux is a nice town as there is a main street where you can find everything in : rue Sainte Catherine.
If you want further details about Bordeaux, or some advices if you want to discover it, of course you can ask me. It will be a pleasure for me to give you all the necessary details.
Thank you for your reading !